gh-91832: Add 'required' attr to argparse.Action repr (GH-91841)

AbhigyanBose · web-flow · commit 4ed3900041c6 · 2022-04-28T07:50:27.000-07:00
# Adding 'required' to names in Lib.argparse.Action gh-91832: Added 'required' to the list `names` in `Lib.argparse.Action`. Changed constant strings that test the Action object. Automerge-Triggered-By: GH:merwok
diff --git a/Lib/argparse.py b/Lib/argparse.py
@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ def _get_kwargs(self):
             'default',
             'type',
             'choices',
+            'required',
             'help',
             'metavar',
         ]
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_argparse.py b/Lib/test/test_argparse.py
@@ -4900,12 +4900,13 @@ def test_optional(self):
             nargs='+',
             default=42,
             choices=[1, 2, 3],
+            required=False,
             help='HELP',
             metavar='METAVAR')
         string = (
             "Action(option_strings=['--foo', '-a', '-b'], dest='b', "
             "nargs='+', const=None, default=42, type='int', "
-            "choices=[1, 2, 3], help='HELP', metavar='METAVAR')")
+            "choices=[1, 2, 3], required=False, help='HELP', metavar='METAVAR')")
         self.assertStringEqual(option, string)
 
     def test_argument(self):
@@ -4916,12 +4917,13 @@ def test_argument(self):
             nargs='?',
             default=2.5,
             choices=[0.5, 1.5, 2.5],
+            required=True,
             help='H HH H',
             metavar='MV MV MV')
         string = (
             "Action(option_strings=[], dest='x', nargs='?', "
             "const=None, default=2.5, type=%r, choices=[0.5, 1.5, 2.5], "
-            "help='H HH H', metavar='MV MV MV')" % float)
+            "required=True, help='H HH H', metavar='MV MV MV')" % float)
         self.assertStringEqual(argument, string)
 
     def test_namespace(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-23-03-24-00.gh-issue-91832.TyLi65.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2022-04-23-03-24-00.gh-issue-91832.TyLi65.rst
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Add ``required`` attribute to :class:`argparse.Action` repr output.

Original file line number	Diff line number	Diff line change
`@@ -850,6 +850,7 @@ def _get_kwargs(self):`
`850`	`850`	`'default',`
`851`	`851`	`'type',`
`852`	`852`	`'choices',`
	`853`	`+ 'required',`
`853`	`854`	`'help',`
`854`	`855`	`'metavar',`
`855`	`856`	`]`
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`@@ -0,0 +1 @@`
	`1`	+Add ``required`` attribute to :class:`argparse.Action` repr output.